N21 by ALESSANDRO DELL'ACQUA FALL WINTER 2025 WOMEN'S FASHION SHOW

Enclosing something in a bow may fulfill a need for cleanliness, just as putting one on something may be an act of ornamentation; by contrast, enlarging one and turning it into the key element behind shapes and volumes is surely a clear manifestation of (fashion) design intent. For Fall-Winter 2025-26 the N21 collection captures diverse expressions of different albeit consistent aesthetic signals. To the point of making the bow a factor at once indicating and underlining the variation of lines, shapes, volumes. Meanings too. ALESSANDRO DELL’ACQUA, N21 CREATIVE DIRECTOR. «The bow is an intrusive construction that may appear awkward if set on clean lines. However, it is also an element able to create the allure of surprise. I made use of bows to stress the starting point of this collection which comes from my rereading of three Sofia Coppola films: Lost in Translation, The Virgin Suicides and Marie Antoinette. From the first I took the minimal of constructed cuts and the immutable appeal of the little black dress; from the second, the sensuousness of transparencies and of mannish/feminine and heavy/light mixes; from the third, a sense of fun expressed through sharp yet pastel hues. They are not three distinct themes but three narrations where the bow links variable expressions of what represent more moods than differences of style and personality.» THE COLLECTION. The clean, simple, minimal look of a matted wool coat with neoprene doubling achieved through sartorial cuts that